(1) This section applies to any legal proceeding (other than a criminal proceeding) or to any proceeding before the Appeals Board.
(2) In any proceeding to which this section applies, a protected person cannot be compelled to produce any document or other thing that has come into his or her possession in the performance of functions under this Act, if the Director certifies in writing that, in the Director's opinion, the document or thing is a protected document or other thing.
(3) In this section a reference to a document or other thing includes a reference to part of a document or other thing.